Godwin Diary

C W

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5.11.1793 critique CW. surely Godwin's novel Caleb Williams
 

James, Miss

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22.10.1793 at Reveley's

perhaps a relative of Maria Reveley's whose father was John James (will PCC 1829 doesn't mention his children)

Boyle's 1792 Mrs J 74 Wimpole St / J Esq 52 Frith St Soho / J Esq 28 Bruton St

Stuart, Miss

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miss Stuart 13.10.1793 adv at Perry's (with Gillies) / 7.3.1802 at Perry's with Gillies's

perhaps a sister of the journalist brothers Peter, Daniel & Charles Stuart and their sister Catherine who married James Mackintosh and died in 1797, though Godwin didn't record her with the Stuarts or at Mackintosh's but both times with Gillies at Perry's

Brand

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Brand 10.10.1793 adv at Jennings'

Thomas Brand surgeon 1 Soho Sq 1791 (his will PCC 1820) / Thomas Brand MP 1774-1851 & his father 1749-94 (?will PCC 1795) (History of Parliament) / Thomas Brand subscr £5 to London Corresp Socy April 1797 / Charles Brand of Serjeants Inn counsel (Law List 1793) / Boyle's 1792 J B Esq 24 Upper Brook St / Lady B 46 Charlotte st Portland Pl / Dr Brande 10 Arlington St

Barnes, John

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3.11.1793 at Perry's / 24.11.1793 there / 30.11.1793 at Wright's / 5.11.1794 at Perry's / 26.3.1795 at King's with Newtons / 12.7.1795 Godwin calls on him / 8.8.1795 he (& Newton) call on Godwin / 30.12.1795 he calls, then Godwin dines with Newton / 27.1.1796 meet Newton & Barnes / 12.2.1796 again /23.5.1796 Barnes calls / 28.6.1796 again / 8.9.1796 again / 10.9.1796 again / 26.10.

Armstrong

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4.10.1793 Mrs Armstrong adv at Jennings / 6.10.1793 Armstrong at Holcroft's / 5.11.1794 at Perry's / 11.1.1795 at Holcroft's / 23.11.1795 at House of Commons / 3.1.1796 at theatre / 16.5.96 at Debrett's / 4.12.1796 at Holcroft's (& Ballandine) / 9.1.1797 at Debrett's.

Hodgson, William

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GODWIN DIARY: Hudson 28.9.1793 (This entry is currently coded in the Godwin Diary website to John Corrie Hudson - although the editorial notes say it isn't) / Hodgson 16.7.1794 at Newgate / 30.3.1796 Hodgson calls / 28.4.1796 meet Hodgson

Perry, John George

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Perry patissier 18.8.1793 at Horne Tooke's and 23.11.94 at Newgate.

John George Perry confectioner 158 Oxford St with John Tupp (Sun Fire insurance 1792) his will PCC 1802. His son John George Perry, surgeon was born 1802, the year his father died, and baptised May 1802 at St Marylebone, son of John George & Charlotte

Macan, Thomas Townley

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M'Can 7.8.1793 at Frost's Newgate.

Thomas Townley Macan (1770-93) from Dublin had been law student at Lincolns Inn but was confined for debt, then imprisoned in Newgate for 3 years from 16.7.1792 for a conspiracy to blow up the Kings Bench prison along with another Irishman Rev Richard Burgh, and Capt John Cummings, John Davis and John Bourne (Nat Arch HO42/21/142 & TS11/780). On 3.11.1793 the Public Advertiser reported his death in Newgate, of the same bout of gaol fever that killed Lord George Gordon.
 

Stone, taylor

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6.8.1793 Stone, taylor (in small writing).

Perhaps John Stone tailor of 79 Leather Lane (1800) and of 24 King St Holborn (1806 Sun Fire Insurance).

see Poland Street 1 to 9 & 49 to 62 in London Addresses dataset